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And if my opinion had prevailed, and if those
men, the preservation of whose lives was my main object, elated with the hope of
victory, had not been my chief opposers, to say nothing of other results, at all
events you would never have continued in this order, or rather in this city. But
say you, my speech alienated from me the regard of Pompeius? Was there any one
to whom he was more attached? any one with whom he conversed or shared his
counsels more frequently? It was, indeed, a great thing that we, differing as we
did respecting the general interests of the republic, should continue in
uninterrupted friendship. But I saw clearly what his opinions and views were,
and he saw mine equally. I was for providing for the safety of the citizens in
the first place, in order that we might be able to consult their dignity
afterward. He thought more of consulting their existing dignity. But because
each of us had a definite object to pursue, our disagreement was the more
endurable.

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